Daniel Frazer is a Brooklyn-based naturalist, birder, and history buff. Daniel is especially interested in combining community mental health with nature. You can often find Daniel walking along Graves
Animals
A grey seal bobs in Gravesend Bay. (Photo by Daniel Frazer/Bensonhurst Bean) Gravesend Bay has a storied history of boat racing [/30853/#.VwKZ4hIrLe0], the lore of great fishing and is home to one of the world’s largest and most iconic suspension bridges- – the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/25-facts-verrazano-narrows-bridge/#.VwKiERIrLe0]. However,
Animals
Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’d be hard pressed to walk a street in Brooklyn and not come across a few pigeons. These chunky crumb peckers have become so built into the urban landscape that even those who (misguidedly!) hate them would surely wonder what’s going on if they didn’
Animals
Photo via Betty Vlasiu [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyvlasiu/22519434503] Had you been walking the winter trails of Prospect Park half of a century ago you, may have heard the peculiar scream of the Eastern-Screech Owl. This small owl has either red or brown plumage with startling yellow eyes
Animals
Common Red-Poll. Despite its name, the Common-Red-Poll is a rare visitor to Prospect Park and one that every bird watcher hopes to see at the feeders. (Photo by Daniel Frazer)Maybe you’ve been to the park many times – but did you know there are bird feeders? Every winter, the
Bensonhurst
Photo by Daniel FrazerGravesend Bay was once home to a vibrant, nationally known yacht racing club. During the summer months, yachts would attempt to out sail one another in our local stretch of the Atlantic, with dapper and sea-faring names like “Wanderlust” and “Flamingo.” These races would typically commence as
Bensonhurst
Photo by Mary Bakija/Bensonhurst beanMuch to the discontent of Bensonhurst and Gravesend commuters, the MTA has executed its plan [/major-n-train-renovations-to-begin-on-january-18/] to partially suspend northbound N train service for the next 14 months, requiring instead that you first schlep to Coney Island in order to reach Manhattan. The N line,
Central Brooklyn
Photo by sirsamuelortiz [https://www.instagram.com/sirsamuelortiz/]Do you live on Hiawatha Avenue? Well, you almost did if you live on Avenue H. The street names of Brooklyn are mostly pretty direct numbers and letters; however, had Walter B. Brown, the representative of the Flatbush Board of Trade in
Animals
Photo by Daniel FrazerYou’re walking down Emmons Avenue all bundled up, your cheeks are burning red and your breath is mushrooming in front of you. Then you see them, those smug waterfowl, just lounging in the frigid water! Have you ever stopped to see just how many species live
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of Brooklyn College/FacebookWith its sprawling ocean views, the green hills of Staten Island in the distance — the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in its future — the shores of Gravesend Bay would once have made an excellent home for a City University of New York [http://www2.cuny.edu/] (CUNY) campus.
bird-watching
A black-crowned night heron. (Photo: Daniel Frazer)The sky above us is a veritable highway for birds. Right now, and like every fall and spring for the past several millennia, millions of birds are making their along the Atlantic Flyway [https://www.audubon.org/atlantic-flyway] — a region along the United
environment
A red-tailed hawk feasting on prey. (Photo: Daniel Frazer / Sheepshead Bites) Recently, I was crossing over the fields to the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center when I noticed a large, beautiful female red-tailed hawk flying oddly low in the sky. At breakneck speeds, she circled tightly around the
architecture
School gargoyles. (By Daniel Frazer)The thing that perhaps most distinguishes one Brooklyn neighborhood from another is its unique architecture. Brooklyn, being one of the oldest sections of New York City, is home to a myriad of strange features from our past. Perhaps none are stranger than the many gargoyles
insects
Female Polyphemus mothDrunk on light, moths gather frantically ’round the lights at night, which you’ve no doubt experienced during the summer on a local porch or stoop. No one is quite sure why moths are so fixated, but regardless, thousands of “mothers” will be taking advantage of this
butterflies
Female Polyphemus mothDrunk on light, moths gather frantically ’round the lights at night, which you’ve no doubt experienced during the summer on a local porch or stoop. No one is quite sure why moths are so fixated, but regardless, thousands of “mothers” will be taking advantage of this
Science & Technology
Female Polyphemus mothDrunk on light, moths gather frantically ’round the lights at night, which you’ve no doubt experienced during the summer on a local porch or stoop. No one is quite sure why moths are so fixated, but regardless, thousands of “mothers” will be taking advantage of this
Female Polyphemus mothDrunk on light, moths gather frantically ’round the lights at night, which you’ve no doubt experienced during the summer on a local stoop or backyard. No one is quite sure why moths are so fixated, but regardless, thousands of “mothers” will be taking advantage of this